One of the six people was captured, and one had to do a solo mission in the chaos, so only four people were separated to find the key to the beast cage. The terrain was a bit complicated, and they had to avoid the NPCs that were rushing out in the fifteen minutes.

This is probably how the secret room got its name "Crazy Night".

However, since there was no hint but a time limit, it means that the key to the beast cage would not be particularly difficult to find. It would either be conspicuous or have been hinted at in the previous process.

The four people returned to the place where they were imprisoned at the beginning to look for clues. After searching the six initial locations again, everyone found something unusual. Putting these small clues together, they finally pointed to an NPC, who was the beast tamer among the three ghosts.

The key to the cage is with the beast tamer, which is very logical.

The three real ghosts are Choujo, the dancer, and the beast tamer. Choujo is the most active and freest NPC. 60% of the chases in the whole chamber come from him. The other two NPCs have limited ranges of activity. They haven't encountered the dancer yet, so it is speculated that she is near the central stage; the beast tamer, of course, is active near the beast cage.

But now it is certain that every time someone is caught, during the "carnival time", all NPCs can move freely, because when Xiao Ma ran back to the dressing room just now, he was followed by the beast tamer.

"So now we have to steal the key from the beast tamer?" Xiao Ma's wife asked after returning from a solo mission last night.

"Yes," Xiao Ma panted, "I don't know how much time is left now... I didn't notice where the key was hanging on him when I ran away just now."

"It's hanging on his waist." Lin Fengqi said.

Xiao Ma gave a thumbs up: "Brother Lin, your eyesight is amazing. You can see it clearly even though the light outside is so dazzling."

After determining where the key is, they made a division of labor. Now they don't know the location of the NPC, so someone has to go out and actively attract hatred. It's best to go a few at a time to attract all the NPCs together, and then find a way to separate the tamer and the other two, and leave one person to snatch the key.

Now they and the ghosts are reversed. Originally, the ghosts caught them, but now they catch the ghosts.

"I suddenly got excited," Xiao Ma said, "If this is a horror game, and I have a weapon, I can kill everyone."

"Think of it as a biohazard," Wen Xia said.

Human fear comes from insufficient firepower.

Although they are unarmed, they are outnumbered. There is no way to be afraid, and now we need teamwork. No matter how scared we are, we have to grit our teeth and go on. But it is too easy for five people to go out together, so Xiao Ma's wife was left to guard the dressing room, the safe house, and the other four went out to get the key.

In the end, Wen Xia and Lin Fengqi found the tamer. Lin Fengqi was responsible for attracting the monsters, and Wen Xia aimed at the key on the tamer's waist, grabbed it and ran away.

The NPC whose key was stolen naturally turned around and ran after Wen Xia. Wen Xia first hid in a cabinet in a room, and when the NPC left, she ran to the cage and rescued the little girl trapped inside.

They returned to the dressing room on time, and as soon as they entered the door, the 15-minute music came to an abrupt end.

The field controller said: "The carnival time is over, please keep the cage key."

There were several more single-player tasks, and during this process, everyone was not concentrated in the dressing room all the time. Sometimes several single-player tasks were carried out in parallel, and others also needed to solve puzzles based on the information brought back by their teammates.

After several rounds of tasks, their gathering area finally became the central stage, which was where the circus performed.

This place is very dangerous. First of all, it is a semi-open area. The entrance door can be locked, but the window cannot be closed, and NPCs can enter through the window; secondly, this is the territory of the dancers.

When carrying out the single-line mission, two high school girls met the dancers respectively.

The three real NPCs played their roles very well. For example, Xiao Chou is set to be crazy and neurotic. He is the most fierce in chasing people with a knife; and the tamer is a burly, muscular man. His footsteps are heavier than others. He also holds a taming whip in his hand. Just standing there gives people a deep sense of oppression.

As for the dancers, they don't follow the pursuit route, but are like wandering spirits, appearing and disappearing, and scaring you with their sinister faces in unexpected places. Those who reacted quickly turned around and ran, while those who couldn't react were caught and caged.

The six people came to the central stage. This area was roughly circular, and the audience seats were stepped, from high to low, like a basin. The middle was where the circus used to perform various performances.

The seats in the audience seats were old and rotten. When the flashlight was swept down, it was vaguely visible that the stage was connected to a waiting passage. Walking into it should lead to the backstage.

The semi-open area cannot hold NPCs, but this scene is relatively humane, with two lockers placed there for hiding. However, the size of the locker can only accommodate one person at best.

It is humane, but not completely humane, and the chase that should be experienced still needs to be experienced.

Wen Xia looked at the black hole-like waiting passage connected to the stage and said, "Do you remember that after the puzzle of the note in my hand was solved, it pointed to the backstage."

As soon as he finished speaking, the venue controller suddenly spoke and issued a task: "When the truth of the circus's past was about to be revealed, Charles suddenly remembered the note he found in the circus owner's notebook. It seemed that he had missed some key information. So combined with the previous clues, he asked his companions to stay on the spot to ensure safety, and then went to the backstage alone."

Well, it's another solo mission.

Wen Xia was about to go down, and the venue controller said again: "... But John was worried about his lover going to the danger alone, so he decided to go with him and share life and death together."

Wen Xia paused: "?"

Lin Fengqi: "..."

The other four people also showed some doubtful expressions.

Xiao Ma said, "Charle and John...did this setting exist before?"

Xiao Ma's wife said, "I don't think I've heard of it before."

High school girl 1: "Didn't Charles and John have two-player missions before?"

High school girl 2: "Yes, it seems that only they have two-player missions, and we all have single-player missions."

Wen Xia has played the old version of the escape room in "Crazy Night", and the two characters Charles and John have also played it. Although the plot and horror puzzles have undergone a major renovation and many places are different, some basic settings have not changed until now, such as the relationship between the player characters.

He clearly remembers that Charles and John did not have any so-called romantic relationship in the old version of the escape room.

And this setting has only been revealed now, and it is useless.

Wen Xia guessed that it was most likely Zou Boyan's work.

He had already walked down two steps, and when he heard the words of the venue controller, he turned around and looked at Lin Fengqi.

Lin Fengqi walked down with a natural look: "Let's go."

The two of them walked into the dark waiting corridor, a narrow space with no way to retreat on either side. The weak light of the flashlight did not extend to the end, giving people a feeling that a ghost would rush out of the darkness in the next second.

Wen Xia paused, and suddenly realized that this was another good opportunity.

There were not many opportunities for him to show fear along the way. After all, some of his teammates were more timid. If he showed fear again, he would not be able to push the secret room.

Now, he finally had the opportunity to be alone again, which he had been looking forward to for a long time.

However, Lin Fengqi thought so too.

They both moved at the same time, with a strange tacit understanding that came from nowhere.

Wen Xia took a step closer to Lin Fengqi, and Lin Fengqi also moved closer to him at the same time. Their shoulders bumped against each other unexpectedly.

"This passage makes me feel creepy."

"...Can I hold your hand? It's a bit dark here."

The two voices overlapped and rang out at the same time.

Wen Xia: "?"

Lin Fengqi: "?"

"..."

"..."

In silence, Lin Fengqi touched the back of Wen Xia's hand. Then, without waiting for him to speak, he quickly grabbed it.

"...I haven't agreed yet." Wen Xia said.

Lin Fengqi didn't answer, and even changed his posture, changing from grabbing to holding. It was tighter.

The man's palm was warm, and the flashlight flickered subtly. Wen Xia said again: "You said you weren't afraid before."

"That was... before."

Then there was even before that.

What about the promise of not being afraid of the dark or scary things?

Wen Xia didn't ask

this question out loud, because he could guess why. Well, since the wood has come to this.

Lin Fengqi also asked him: "Are you afraid too?"

"What if I say I'm afraid?" Wen Xia sighed, "You are afraid, I am afraid too, this mission is difficult."

The grip on his hand tightened slightly.

"...It's okay," Lin Fengqi whispered, "If you are afraid, you can get closer to me."

He was not used to saying such straightforward words, but he still said it. There was a slightly unnatural pause, but it was the most sincere expression.

Wen Xia didn't say anything, but just silently and gently, holding his hand back.

After walking out of the long and dark passage, they came to the backstage. However, what they didn't expect was that the NPC had been lying in ambush here. As soon as the two came out, three NPCs rushed up from three different directions. Xiao Chou and the animal tamer grabbed one each, and the dancer opened the secret door on the floor.

Wen Xia and Lin Fengqi were thrown down like this.

Although there were sufficient protective measures below to ensure that the players would not have any accidents if they fell, the feeling of weightlessness was enough to make people sweat. The flashlight in Wen Xia's hand shook, and then he felt his arm being caught, and someone pulled him over with force.

The two of them fell into the soft sponge pad, and Wen Xia even had an extra layer of human flesh pad under him.

The little ugly girl smiled and slammed the cellar door. With a "click", it was locked.

Wen Xia hurriedly turned over and wanted to get up, but the mattress was too soft. The more he moved, the harder it was to get up.

Lin Fengqi suddenly tightened his arms, put his arms around his waist and said, "Don't move for now."

Wen Xia: "...You won't do it again?"

"No," Lin Fengqi's tone was a little bit wolfish when he brought up the old matter again, "You move like this, and my elbow hurts a little."

Wen Xia had to stay in his arms for the time being, with a hot face and calmed down for a while. After finally turning over and sitting up, he hurriedly asked: "How are you, are you okay?"

Lin Fengqi propped himself up with a sponge pad, coughed twice lightly, and his face looked normal: "I'm fine."

"Really okay?"

"Yeah."

I didn't expect to be suddenly locked up in a small dark room.

The two got off the soft mattress and found that they were locked up in a... morgue? There is a morgue hidden behind the circus.

There was no voice of the venue controller in the headset - or maybe there was, but it was not spoken to them, but to the four ponies outside. But for now, it seems that they need the small dark room to escape.

There was a moldy smell in the closed space. I don't know how Zou Boyan did it. He even simulated the smell of a mixture of rottenness and blood. It was really smelly.

This secret room was perhaps the most difficult one so far. The clues were sparse and fragmented, and there was a lot of confusing information. It took the two of them a lot of effort to find another exit and solve the puzzle.

After opening another cellar door, the long-lost light came in. Wen Xia squinted her eyes and heard Xiao Ma's voice: "It's out, it's out!"

Zou Boyan and the field control lady were both standing outside. Obviously, this was the end of the secret room.

"We've cleared the level," Zou Boyan smiled and gave the two of them a hand, "Congratulations."

After coming out, Xiao Ma vividly described what happened after the two of them entered the backstage. In short, after Wen Xia and Lin Feng left, the four of them were assigned the last mission. During the mission, they experienced the last round of "carnival time". The four of them were chased by three NPCs and finally escaped.

Then the field control said that they had to wait for the last two people to unlock the secret room within the time limit before they could be considered to have cleared the level.

"It's really thrilling," Xiao Ma was still immersed in it, and picked up his phone, "Let me see what others have shared about their experiences."

They were waiting for the lobby to rest, and Xiao Ma was searching while talking to himself: "It's strange, these guides don't mention that Charles and John are in a relationship..."

Xiao Ma's wife said: "Maybe it's not an important setting, so don't mention it. Don't guides always get to the point directly?"

"It seems so."

Wen Xia listened to this and stood up and said: "I'm going to talk to my friend. If you go down first, you don't have to wait for me." When

Zou Boyan saw him, he came over with his arm around his shoulder and said, "How was the experience of the escape room?"

"What about romantic relationships and role identity arrangements? You did it temporarily, right?" Wen Xia asked.

"It's not temporary, I was ready when you said you wanted to come and play," Zou Boyan said, "Brother, you're nice, right? I saw you two in the cellar through surveillance... Tsk tsk, you were all together." "

Okay, good brother," Wen Xia said, "Don't forget the discount we agreed on."

"... Damn it."

Zou Boyan let go of him and broke up with his brother: "I've helped you so much, and you're just thinking about that little discount?"

"I also want to ask, are you hooking up with Lin Fengqi?" Wen Xia said, "I saw you two chatting happily in the front desk before."

Zou Boyansi did not feel guilty: "Can you blame me? I am just thinking about my brother's happiness."

He sighed and hooked his arm around Wen Xia's shoulder again, and said with great emotion: "Old Xia, I'm serious, if you asked me to be your wingman a few times in high school, would you be afraid of not being able to catch up with Lin Fengqi?"

Not far away, Lin Fengqi's approaching steps suddenly stopped.

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